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NetSim 12 is
our most substantial application upgrade yet. What does this mean for
you? It means the newest version of NetSim offers significant
improvements to the user experience and overall
capabilities.

NetSim for CCENT

NetSim for CCNA

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A
Look at What is New & Improved in NetSim
12.

Fresh New Look. Same Powerful
Tool.

We gave NetSim 12 a make-over with cleaner composition
and more direct navigation.

More intuitive
tools, larger icons and clearer fonts

Improved
layout that is better suited for widescreen aspect
ratios

Reorganized components to optimize screen
space.

Customizable
Interface

Rearranging and organizing your NetSim experience is
easier than ever with our new Window Docking feature. The new dockable
user interface allows you to rearrange and organize your display the way
you want. The entire application is now customizable.

You can undock anything and everything. Want to move
the lab tree to the right or auto hide it? That’s easy—each tool window
("pane") may be closed, auto hidden or undocked. Plus, each console
window can be dragged out of the application and relocated across
multiple computer monitors.

Network Designer

The
Network Designer menu enables you to create a new topology and modify
existing ones. You can add devices and connections to the topology, and
you can also click and drag the devices to rearrange your simulated
network.

In NetSim 12, the Network Designer has been
rebuilt and is more intuitive and robust.

With NetSim
12 you can:

annotate topologies with notes
and labels.

align elements exactly with drag
snapping.

connect in fewer clicks with new tool
types focused on specific activities.

locate active connections and devices
easier with two new support
panes.

NetSim Community
Sharing

NetSim Community is a new feature that allows you to
easily share your own labs, lab packs and topologies directly in the
application. Once your creations are approved, they will be available in
the NetSim Community for other NetSim users to
download.

You can also search, sort or filter the
NetSim Community to look for shared content that you find
helpful.

Lab History

Lab History
has been added to easily identify where you left off or labs that you
may want to revisit. Progress icons show the status of the labs that
you’ve started, completed (with failure) and completed successfully.

The Lab Tree will indicate the “best” result, and
the history section in Lab Preview will display your complete
history.

Lab Preview

The Lab
Preview window has been added; this window displays the description,
topology diagram, complete Lab History, command summary and IP reference
(if applicable). You can access a Lab’s Preview Window by
single-clicking an item in the lab tree.

Activation

Activation has
been simplified. When you launch NetSim 12, you will be prompted to
enter the email address and password associated with your Boson
account*. NetSim 12 will automatically unlock the products associated
with your account, eliminating the need for traditional "activation" or
keeping up with activation keys.

Internet connection
is required.*Your free Boson account is typically set up when
purchasing a NetSim product or downloading a
demo.

Lab
Documents

Lab documents have been reformatted resulting in a
significant decrease in download
size.

Cloud
Synchronization

When using NetSim on multiple devices, you can
enable cloud synchronization. When cloud synchronization is enabled,
NetSim will automatically sync the “Boson NetSim Labs” folder from
anywhere you log in. This feature is disabled by default but is now
available to all
users.